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(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s top healthcare adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger people, because of the landmark 2010 healthcare restructuring due to take effect next year. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said definitive data on costs will not [...]

By Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau LAS VEGAS, Nevada – After performing to a sold-out crowd in San Diego, Piolo Pascual, Pokwang, and Angeline Quinto hit Las Vegas for another jam-packed show. Thousands of kababayans from southern Nevada and all over North America trooped to the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino for a [...]

March 27, 2013 (Reuters) – A majority of Supreme Court justices on Wednesday indicated they could be inclined to strike down a law that denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples, a move that would reflect the evolving nationwide sea change in attitudes to gay marriage. As a packed courtroom listened attentively on a [...]

By Steve Angeles ABS-CBN North America LOS ANGELES, Calif–A common Christian prayer has always proclaimed that when two or more are gathered in God’s name, prayers are answered. At this non-denominational bible study in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood, these Filipino Christians are praying for marriage equality. “While we respect differences in terms of their [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Mar. 27, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO – The Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act, enacted in 1996, restricts federal benefits to only opposite-sex marriage in the U.S. Same-sex couples, even those legally married in their home states, are denied more than 1,000 federal rights and benefits. Among them are the [...]

By Balitang America Staff March 27, 2013 VISTA, Calif.– New evidence emerged as preliminary hearings continued in the case of the Fil-Am Navy veteran who was allegedly murdered by a U.S. marine. Kevin Coset, 23, faced a judge on Wednesday for his arraignment where he plead not guilty in the murder of Filipino American Alvin [...]

(CNN) — A new study finds it’s easy to figure out someone’s identity based only on where they go with their smartphone, as it’s tracked by GPS. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere tracked about 1.5 million people for 15 months. They determined it only took four “data points” to figure out a person’s identity 95 [...]

And we asked you: WILL THE THE LEGALIZATION OF GAY MARRIAGE… HELP THE ECONOMY? HARM THE ECONOMY? You answered: 67% – HARM THE ECONOMY 33% – HELP THE ECONOMY Here’s what some of you had to say:

March 26, 2013 (Reuters) – The Supreme Court signaled reluctance on Tuesday to rule broadly on the question of the right to marriage for gays and lesbians as the justices heard arguments on same-sex marriage for the first time. As thousands of demonstrators on both sides of America’s long-standing gay rights divide rallied outside, the [...]

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Mar. 26, 2013 The plaintiffs in Tuesday morning’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court hearings challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage shared their stories and frustrations over inequalities in America. “If there are 36,000 gays and lesbians married in California, 18,0000 couples, what will it harm if more couples get [...]